Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-05-23

In the prison hospital, and four men to
take him from the hospital TO the carriage.
A half an hour later found him living in
bed in the fourth story of hotel, having
walked up stairs without any assistance
whatever.
A HUNDRED BURGLARTRA
I once had the pleasure of making n
visit, with the governor of the state of
Illinois, to the penitentiary at Joliet.
There was confined IN it at the time very
noted burglar from the city of CHICAGO
The governor had promised that he would
have some conversation WITH him in re-
gard to an alibi which he. claimed to be
able to prove, an which would establish
hsS Innocence CT the crime of which he had
peeiRSonvlcted. had some impression of
the cha1acter of this man when | saw the
Wafaeny Apn sending for him, open a drawer
IN ms deslS take out revolver, and put
1t IN his Hbcket. The prisoner was brought
IN, ana 9le governor listened to the tale of
MS aloH At it's conclusion he inquired:
Hoy many burglaries have you ever
commit Yted?''
d1n't know, governor. never kept
eountJ suppose about hundred"
9u have been a very bad man,
no says so, governors"
governor was taken somewhat
aoaYk, and answered: ''The newspapers. -
Why, governor, J. have seen your
nai ihe in the newspapers once or twice.
II they will say such things about man
lnSyour position, what must be expected
of man in mineT'
+ He went on to remark that he need
lave no hesitation in granting him par
flon, for, though he made no professions
fof repentance-it would be absurd to do
that-he had come to the conclusion,
while in prison, that life Of crime does
not pay. He had tried it. He had been
all his life a burglar, he had robbed
banks, he had had hundreds of thousands
of dollars pass through his hands and he
was just as poor as when he began; and
having come to that conclusion, he fell
that the governor might safely release
him, since he fully meant to quit tht
business and follow some other pursuit.
for living.
A LEGITIMATE sUecATIe<
But, in SO far as burglaryV itself was
concerned, he wished him to understand
that he regarded it as just as legitimate
vocation in life as the practice of law
or OF medicine-or the preaching of the
Gospel
The governor asked: ''How do you
u1dkS LUub OUIE
"Why, property has certain rights.
powers and privileges. 1t must have
corresponding obligations, and the first
duty of property is to take care of itself.
If in q country neighborhood there are
three stores doing general business. and
there is not business enough to support
more than two merchants families, what
happens? Two of those merchants COM
hine against the third, and by iudicious
application Of the laws of trade. they
drive him out Of business and divert to
their own pockets the profits which he
otherwise would have made Everybody
says that is right. Now, what difference
does it make whether this is done by a
judicious use of the laws Of trade or by a
more summary processs Why, governor,
you know very wen that there are a great
many men in this world who are rich who
have no more right to what they have
than you or L
rssDo understand, said the governor.
s'that you conffne yourself in your depre-
dations to that class of peoples''
.@'Oh, he replied, II aim to-I aim to-
The-last man l robbed was a member of
congress. .
It's needless to say that the governor
did not pardon him. Hc served his term,
has since served a term in the Eastern
penitentiary Of Pennsylvania. and is un-
6erstood now to be in the Virginia peni-
Tertiary ct Richmond - international
Record.